Community Water System · PWS TX0960002
City of Memphis
Operator location Memphis, Texas - 11% of 65 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); groundwater source; 2,290 served per SDWIS.
- 2,290
- People served (this PWS)
- 65
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 7
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
City of Memphis standing, mid SDWIS violation third
11% of 65 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 11% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,589 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
City of Memphis lands in the middle third by violation volume (65), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,290 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 11% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,589 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,547 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 65
- Total EPA violations on record
- 11%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,022
- County
- Hall
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 43
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 3
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | MR | 41 | 2007 |
| Nitrate | MCL | 4 | 2013 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 3 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 3 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 2014 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
City of Memphis has 65 recorded EPA violations, 63% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 36% carry more. 11% of this system's own violations are health-based (7 of 65), and it ranks #12,589 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
65 Around the middle fewer violations than 36% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on City of Memphis
7 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX0960002.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
65 violations · 2,290 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with City of Memphis
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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